Tag: Gratitude

  • Embracing Quiet Moments with God

    Embracing Quiet Moments with God

    Some mornings, I feel useless in prayer. I sit down to pray and nothing comes to mind. Usually, everything but praying comes to mind. I do all the things I should do to get it right. Some days, I just sit there. The worst part is falling asleep in the middle of it. I can’t…

  • Lift Up Your Face

    Lift Up Your Face

    Last year, I invited some awesome authors to a virtual writing retreat, and it turned into a prayer retreat! Meeting the women I prayed about was like Christmas morning. We shared beautiful moments, sang together, and felt blessed. Plans for another retreat are already brewing. Thanks for all the prayers!

  • A Novel Perspective

    A Novel Perspective

    “Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1 NLT.) My dad was a runner.  When I was young, we would all get in the car and drive to Frisch’s to pick him up.  He had “run the bridges.”  I went with him in my early twenties.  We drove to a parking…

  • Gratitude

    Gratitude

    Several weeks ago, I began a journey of thankfulness.  I found myself at the end of my rope, so to speak.  My prayer list contained some things that had been there for some time.  The more I dug into prayer and described my need for change, the worse it became. It might have been easier…